Outbreak Behind Bars - Spider Bites, Human Rights, and the Unseen Danger to Public Health

"This book reveals the grim realities of how communicable diseases thrive in the overcrowded, unsanitary conditions of correctional facilities. It highlights the stories of those who suffered, the failures in health care provision, and offers specific guidance for public health professionals in conducting investigations and facility inspections during outbreaks behind bars"--

About the author

Homer Venters is the former Chief Medical Officer of the New York City jail system. He currently works as a Federal Monitor of health services in several jail and prison settings and is an adjunct faculty member at New York University's College of Global Public Health. He is the author of Life and Death in Riker's Island.

Product details

• Authors: Homer Venters, Homer (Chief Medical Officer Venters
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 20.05.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781421451435
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-5143-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Infection Control, Public health & preventive medicine, Human rights, civil rights, Public health and preventive medicine, Political oppression & persecution